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Offering the design some of its most poignant reflections, Juhani Pallasmaa has
extensively explored many different fields of architecture projects, education,
exhibitions, lectures, critical publications - with an insatiable sense of inquiry.
Over the years Juhani Pallasmaa has developed a tremen-
Nowadays he runs his own practice in Helsinki without lea-
dous influence worldwide. Generous and full of energy, per-
ving his other fields of activity and considers architecture
manently travelling around the world, he has an impact on
as an existential expression; buildings structure, express,
generations of architects through his teaching. His research
and articulate our being-in-the-world. He used to say: My
spans at the same time cultural, philosophical and theoreti-
works are geometric and they appear abstract. Yet they are
cal fields. In his lectures and writings Juhani Pallasmaa has
grounded on a view of distinct archaic meanings and men-
had a fundamental, revolutionary effect on attitudes; just no
tal impressions of form. Forms are gestures: when drawing
one was left indifferent. Since its publication in 1996, Juhani
horizontal lines, I imitate the superimposed horizontal zones
Pallasmaas passionately argued book The Eyes of the Skin
of the Finnish landscape; when designing a column, I repeat
has become one of the most widely recommended student
the image of an upright human figure. When drawing a circle,
texts. As an attack against the present architectural dis-
I feel that I am making a gesture of integrity and singula-
course, this book denounced the hegemony of the eye in our
rity. Abstraction always implies a condensed and ambiguous
society and tries to reformulate the richness and the beauty
image of the world, or more precisely, a union between the
of the worlds human perception.
world and oneself. I am more interested in the essence of

things than their shape. An architecture of essence usually
When Juhani Pallasmaa began his career, he defended ratio-
leads to a state of meditation, whereas an architecture of
nal thinking, emphasizing the importance of knowledge and
form aims at captivating and dynamic compositions. () I
technology. Later, he developed a more sensitive and more
would like to call my architectural approach sensuous mini-
humanistic approach. His early experiences of simple farm
malism. As an architect, I wish to strengthen the silence of
life are reflected in his work as an architect. I am even today
the world.
unable to acknowledge boundaries between architecture

and design, fine arts and philosophical investigation, or the
Writing and designing are for him both similar and different.
spheres of life and work. I learned that everything should be
Architecture is a somewhat more genuine area of autono-
done with care and attention, and the way one works reflects
mous creativity because in writing you organize conceptual
ones attitude to life. Work is an essential part of the art of life
and linguistic categories, he said. The role of logic in writing
and ones self-identity and esteem. When he was managing
is already more strongly established than in making archi-
director of the Museum of Finnish Architecture in Helsinki
tecture. As an architect, you can move on untouched ground
from 1978 to 1983, Juhani Pallasmaa gave an international
if you wish to. The similarities to me arise from the fact that
dimension to its activities exhibiting the works of such archi-
both architecture and writing deal with existential issues.
tects as Tadao Ando, Alvaro Siza and Daniel Libeskind, who

only later became renowned throughout the world.
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Wolf D. Prix,
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JURY MEMBER
Wolf D. Prix
Coop Himmelb(l)au, Austria

www.coop-himmelblau.at
An architectural expression exceeding all standards aims at symbolising movement,
which irregular structures or use of volume-breaking diagonal beams in order to free space.
Born in 1942 in Vienna, Wolf D. Prix studied architecture at
the Academy of Fine Arts (2005); the BMW Welt (2007) in Mu-
the Vienna University of Technology, the Architectural Asso-
nich, Germany; the Akron Art Museum in Ohio, USA (2007);
ciation of London as well as at the Southern California Insti-
the Central Los Angeles Area High School #9 of Visual and
tute of Architecture (SCI-Arc) in Los Angeles. In 1968, to cre-
Performing Arts in Los Angeles, USA (2008); the Busan Cin-
ate an architecture that exhausts, shines, distorts, and why
ema Center in South Korea (2011); the Dalian International
not breaks, he founded in Vienna with Helmut Swiczinsky
Conference Center in China (2012) and the House of Music in
Coop Himmelb(l)au and has since then been operating under
Aalborg, Denmark (2014). Recently have been completed the
the direction of CEO and design principal Wolf D. Prix in the
Muse des Confluences in Lyon, France, and the European
fields of art, architecture, urban planning, and design. The
Central Bank (ECB) in Frankfurt/Main, Germany. Among the
name of this practice Building the sky was perfectly chosen
recent projects Coop Himmelb(l)au is pursuing throughout
to define an architecture being so transient, full of contrast,
the world are the MOCAPE Museum of Contemporary Art &
movable, changeable, aerial and as free as the clouds them-
Planning Exhibition in Shenzhen and the Dawang Mountain
selves. Another branch of the firm was opened in the United
Resort in Changsha, both China, plus the Central Bank of
States in 1988 in Los Angeles. Coop Himmelb(l)au currently
Azerbaijan in Baku.
employs between 50 and 150 people from 19 different countries. In numerous countries the team has realized muse-
Most formative among his many international teaching posi-
ums, concert halls, science and office buildings as well as
tions was his tenure at the University of Applied Arts Vienna.
residential buildings. Presently Coop Himmelb(l)au is work-
As dean of the Institute for Architecture, vice chancellor of the
ing on various projects in Europe, Asia and the Middle East.
university (2003 to 2012) and professor for architecture and

head of Studio Prix (1993 to 2012) Wolf D. Prix did set inter-
Wolf D. Prix is counted among the originators of the decon-
national standards in the education of architects. From 1987
structivist architecture movement. Over the years Wolf D.
to 1995, he was active as adjunct professor at the SCI-Arc in
Prix/ Coop Himmelb(l)au was awarded with numerous in-
Los Angeles, where he is still lecturing as visiting professor.
ternational architecture awards including the Great Austrian
Recognized as seminal for the architecture of the future, the
State Award, the Austrian Decoration of Honor for Science
works have continually been the subject of international exhi-
and Art, the Erich Schelling Architektur Preis and the Hes-
bitions in internationally renowned institutions.
sian Culture Prize. He is permanent member of the Austrian

Art Senate and the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
as well as chairman of the Curia for Art since autumn 2014.
Coop Himmelb(l)aus most well-known projects include the
Rooftop Remodeling Falkestrae in Vienna (1988); the multifunctional UFA Cinema Center in Dresden, Germany (1998);
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Photo Sergio Pirrone
1 / M use des Confluences, Lyon France (2001-2014)

In order to build a museum of knowledge, a complex new
form had to be developed as an iconic gateway. A building
that truly stands out can only come into being through
shapes resulting from new geometries. The idea was to
develop an openly traversable building that would be floating
in part only on supports, in order to create a public space
underneath. Essentially, the building consists of three parts:
the base housing two auditoriums, workspaces, storage and
workshops; the entrance building, called Crystal and the
exhibition halls arranged left and right of a connecting path.

The design for the new premises of the ECB combines the
horizontal structure of the landmarked Grossmarkthalle
with a twisted double tower, which rises to 185 meters.
Featuring bridges, pathways and platforms, the glass
atrium between the two high rises creates a vertical city
and shows that the building belongs to an entirely new
typology of skyscrapers. Its design concept is to vertically
divide a monolithic block through a hyperboloid cut, wedge it
apart, twist it and fill the newly created intermediary space
with a glass atrium. The result is a very complex geometry
Photo European Central Bank/Robert Metsch
2 / E uropean Central Bank, Frankfurt, Germany

(2003-2014)
and a multifaceted building offering a completely different

appearance from each angle.
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Photo Rene Habermacher
JURY MEMBER
Rudy Ricciotti
Rudy Ricciotti Architects, France

rudyricciotti.com
Enhancing innovative concrete in some outstanding achievements, Rudy Ricciotti
represents the generation of architects who combine creative power and real construction
culture.
Born in Algiers in 1952, and with a degree from the Marseille
Civilisations Museum in Marseille, gripped in a concrete
National Architecture School, Rudy Ricciotti remains faithful
hamlet,The Louvre Museums Islam Arts Department, the
to the Mediterranean region. In his practice, in Bandol close
Jean-Bouin Stadium in Paris, the Jean Cocteau Museum
to Toulon, he manages a team of about thirty home trained
in Menton, the Republic Bridge in Montpellier or also the
architects. The projects start with the process analysis. No-
Peace Gangway in Seoul, a 120 m long-range arc built in
body in the practice believes he is an artist. It is not the sub-
high performance concrete.
ject, he comments. Energy is the mecanism. You need more

enthusiasm than intelligence. Reasoning follows energy and
The architecture critic Patrice Goulet was one of the first
not the opposite. But one has to take risks. I try to implement
persons to present Rudy Ricciotti to the general public in
a campaign plan where each person will take a part of the
1991, during the exhibition 40 + 40 architects younger than
responsibilities, a part of the objectives.
40 years old at the French Institute of Architecture(Paris). In 2003, Paul Ardennes Codex is dedicated to him
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Direct, demanding, willingly defiant, Rudy Ricciotti reveals
(Birkhauser Editions.) For Rudy Riciotti it is time for rec-
mainly a very brilliant personality. His expressive, and some-
ognition. His tone accuracy and endless sensitivity are very
times transgressive, architecture cant leave you indiffer-
much appreciated. In many personal books, he explains the
ent.This architect and engineer received the 2006 National
main fights he is leading since decades on the challenges
Architecture First Prize, the Architecture Academy Gold
and perspectives of his profession. Far from the politically
Medal and the Membership of the Technology Academy for
correct language, he attacks the architecture which refuses
promoting concrete at its highest level. In all his projects,
signs of personal expression or displays commercial prag-
in France and elsewhere, concrete is enhanced. Lets recall
matism like supermarket architecture and he denounces
the Vitrolles Stadium (1994). Combining an auditorium with
the growth of rules and normative frameworks, without any
a sports hall, this black concrete monolith with many small
dialogue on the professions realities. This non standard
red lights seems to ward off the difficult environment. We
approach, his battles, his controversial comments and his
must also remember the sensual, organic and poetic Phil-
satirical articles dont stop him from being one of the best
harmonic Nikolasaal in Potsdam (Germany), the European
signatures of French Architecture.
Photo Eric Dulire
1 / Cocteau Museum, Menton (2011)

Welcoming the complete works from the Severin
Wunderman donation, the 2700 sqm building is well
2 / M uCEM European and Mediterranean Civilisations

Museum, Marseille (2013) With the architect Roland Carta

Reflecting the multiple technical achievements, the MuCEM
integrated in the urban basis, after overcoming many
cube is gripped in a high performance fiber concrete hamlet
constraints (parking, water treatment plant, ground
letting air and light penetrate whilst acting like a windbreak.
water,etc.). The museum intrigues by its transparencies,
Some 384 panels delicately cover two faades and the roof.
attracts because of what you can catch a sight of, underlines
The concrete construction, as a reference to the stone
the architect. Its roof is an allegoric painting with a day
eroded by the wind and the salt results from the research
and night readable graphism. A white concrete cutting,
of an experience which is more physical than spatial.
spread on numerous tentacles, this parallelepiped mass
Nothing is purely decorative, everything is structural.
with many waving lines responds well to the characteristics
One reaches the dematerialization of the concrete
of the neighbouring environment.The museum, open on
structure which becomes fragile, filiform, nervous like
the Mediterranean Sea, is the work of an architect open to
a section of coral rock. It is important to note also the
forms and surfaces which create a new dreamlike territory,
115 m long concrete gangway linking the Fort Saint-Jean
in symbiosis with the immediate environment.
Museum and the 820 m of hanging walkways winding

around the museum between interior and exterior.
Photo Lisa Ricciotti.
Bibliography: www.rudyricciotti.com/bibliographie
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JURY MEMBER
Francesco Isidori
Labics, Italy
www.labics.it
Into his practice the architect sets out to establish a dialogue with the architectures
background, an informed approach that carefully links the work with its physical,
environmental and social context.
Graduated with honours at La Sapienza University in Rome
Labics built and theoretical work is characterised by a fo-
(1999), Francesco Isidori obtained in 2006 a PhD for research
cus on new types of public space, both shared and collective,
in Architectural Composition and Architectural Theory at the
and by investigating how these can be achieved through an
same University, with a thesis titled The Project of Back-
innovative use of programme and an effective response to
ground. This one was an investigation into the relation be-
context. However, the overall scope of the work is broad and
tween architecture and its context - a research towards a
intentionally avoids any single specialization. The practices
structured architecture. In 1997, he began his professional
approach can be applied from the smallest living spaces
career working as project leader in the office Nemesi in Rome.
through to extensive urban projects, and its experience working at these varying scales and typologies directs the function
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In 2002 he founded Labics with Maria Claudia Clemente, an
of the office as a living laboratory.
architectural and urban planning practice. The name of this
From the more theoretical projects like Borderline Metropo-
practice based in Rome expresses the concept of a laborato-
lis presented during the 11th Venice Biennale - to urban
ry, a testing ground for advanced ideas. Theoretical research
master plans such as La Citt del Sole (City of the Sun) and
and its practical applications form an integral and important
the Torrespaccata masterplan in Rome, and finally to com-
part of the practices work.
plex building such as MAST Bologna or the Italpromo & Li-
The research conducted at Labics is about developing an ar-
bardi Associates headquarters in Rome, the public space,
chitecture that is open, relational and structured. An archi-
intended as a construction of a democratic society, always
tecture that is capable of guiding the transformation of the
holds a central role.
context and the territory through the definition of invariant
Labics has received numerous awards and acknowledgments
principles. Labics design approach reflects a strong interest
in Italy and abroad. The office has been invited to exhibit its
in the capacity of an architectural project to create order and
work at many architectural exhibitions including the 11th,
respond to geographic dimensions.
12th and 13th editions of the Venice Biennale of Architecture.
The practice aims to create settlements rather than objects.
Apart from his activities at Labics Francesco Isidori con-
Whatever the scale of the work, the practice chooses not to
tinues his teaching career. Since 2002 he has been visiting
focus on designing self-referential buildings, but instead on
professor at the same La Sapienza where he led several ar-
creating structures and settings that respond afresh to their
chitectural design studios as well as visiting critic in different
context and which are capable of transforming their sur-
universities such as Cornell University (Rome and Ithaca),
rounding territories.
IUAV (Venice), University of Ferrara.
1 / MAST
A multifunctional building for the Bologna firm G.D, the
worlds leading manufacturer of packaging machines.
The original competition brief asked to develop a series
of buildings across G.Ds campus providing staff facilities
kindergarten, canteen, training rooms, staff club and
gym as well as public spaces such as a training centre,
auditorium, and a company museum.
Labics design proposed to bring together these diverse
space types in a single, multifunctional, unique building,
reinforcing the identity of the company and allowing more
flexibility and interactivity between different programs. The
building has been conceived as a threshold that mediates
between the solidity of the fabric of the corporate campus
and the open spaces of the city and the nearby River Park.
2 / C ITTA DEL SOLE

Winning competition entry for the redevelopment of an
urban area, including the transformation of an existing
bus depot to integrate a mixture of uses including office,
retail space and residential units. This project is part of the
Municipality of Romes initiative to redevelop a number of
for the local community, but also to increase its profile as a
transport depots within the city in conjunction with local
place of transition with privileged access to the city centre.
public transport authority ATAC. It involves the regeneration

of a neighbourhood with a weak identity but with good
growth potential due to its location at the edge of the city
centre. Labics aim therefore was to create a new centre
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Photo Patrick Bingham-Hall
JURY MEMBER
Guz Wilkinson
Guz Architects, Singapore

guzarchitects.com
Making extensive use of sustainable design technologies the practice Guz Architects
produces refreshing architecture, inspired by nature and human in scale.
As architects we want to shift society from a mechanistic
worldview to one that reconnects people and buildings to climate, land, place and the cycles of the natural world.
This environmentally friendly seafront house

embraces Singapores tropical climate by
Guz Wilkinson (1961) is acknowledged as one of Southeast Asias
creating an open, breezy space, giving residents
most innovative architects, selected by Wallpaper Magazine as
views from every room to the ocean as well as
one of the Worlds 25 Best Architects. Upon graduating from
into the garden with its large swimming pool.
The University of Manchester School of Architecture in 1985 and
The main endeavour was to create a residence
much travelling, he created his practice in Singapore in 1997.
with seamless integration of the surrounding
Forerunner in tropical architecture, Guz Architects - Annesley
nature and therefore water had to play a key
Charles Wilkinson is known to everyone as Guz. The love for
role in achieving that. A large swimming pool
open, liberated spaces is evident in all his projects, where structure, material and technology are used to express as seamless a
transition as possible between inside and outside.
From young, Guz Wilkinson was fascinated by the villages and
farmhouses of rural Cheshire and Shropshire, Manchester
with free flowing borders and artificial islands

is linking the garden with the house. This
connection is extended to the basement media
room, where a grand u-shaped window allows
dramatic views into the underwater world of the
what he describes as English vernacular cosy architecture
pool and provides indirect daylight to the room.
snuggling down in the rugged hills. Staying true to his design
The concept of integration is also implemented
principles, he continued to carry this articulation to his design
in the exterior view by using curved roofs,
approach till today. His projects both derive inspiration from,
which symbolize the waves of the sea. They are
and relate closely to nature. The resulting designs are both
almost fully covered with flexible photovoltaic
responsive and responsible to the site and its occupants, with
panels, providing energy for the whole house
consideration being given to the integration and preservation
and the swimming pool. The remainder is used
of the surrounding natural environment. Both passive and
as a roof garden, overlooking the sea and the
active design principles inform all design decisions with the

intent to create long lasting, timeless architecture, realized
in projects in Australia, New Zealand, UK and Europe. As architect he believes that Guz should help neutralize the effect
of global warming incurred by their projects by planting trees
wherever possible. As a company they contribute a percentage of their profits to organizations such as Future Forests.
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1 / Fish House, Singapore (2009)
nearby islands. As a result the Fishers House,

combining these individual designs, reflects the
desire to live in luxury and harmony with nature
at the same time.
2 / Coral House, Singapore (2012)

The house was located on a square flat
site in a quiet residential neighborhood
in Singapore. Aimed to create dynamic
spaces that encourage play and
interaction, it embraces Singapores
tropical climate by creating open, well
ventilated spaces in an interlocking
composition of building, garden, pool,
pond and roof gardens that integrates
as much as nature as possible in
the densely urban environment of
Singapore. The architects make
extensive use of passive environmental
principles to minimize the need for
mechanical cooling. Cross ventilation
is maximized by the careful placement

overhang has been designed to shade
the glazed area from the strong sun. The
integration of extensive landscaping on
all floors helps to reduce carbon dioxide
and contribute to water retention,
reducing the pressure of the surface
water system at heavy rain times.
of the building on site, large roof
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Photo Sami Perttil
JURY MEMBER
Teemu Kurkela
JKMM Architects, Finland

www.jkmm.fi
It is a new, dynamic and original vision of Finnish architecture Teemu Kurkela and JKMM
team live to create every day. In their buildings, one can sense a touch of Finnish design
heritage. Solutions are simple and beautiful, buildings have a great sense of space and
there is a special sensitivity towards materials. Yet, these traditional ingredients are fused
together with modern experimentation.
of JKMM Architects Teemu
chitectural solutions in every design and scale phase. Pas-
Kurkela (1966), Asmo Jaaksi (1966), Samuli Miettinen (1967)
sionate about architecture, the JKMM firm wants to create
and Juha Mki-Jyllil (1965) started working together during
personalized solutions and new processes for each project,
their studies, before joining up in 1998. Currently employing
thus avoiding standard methods. Our buildings have a hu-
around 60 people, JKMM is a winning team that has landed
man touch. Respect for people is central to our way of think-
more than 80 awards over the past years, and around 40 first
ing, says Teemu Kurkela.
The four founding partners
prizes in architecture competitions.

The guiding force behind the architectural concept is the logOne of them is the City Library of Turku, a remarkable urban
ic of sculptures. The design process is a delicate affair of re-
project, which successfully inserts 21st-century architecture
fining the balance between the contemporary and timeless-
in a series of far older buildings. After all, the projects start-
ness, between stereotypical beauty and odd discoveries. The
ing point was to create a new library and a new living room
materials of a building are real: they have texture, weight and
for all Turku citizens. The architectural ensemble allows har-
smell. The joints in a wooden boat possess beauty because
mony between the past and present. Combining the build-
they are simple, natural and fulfill their function. In buildings,
ing methods of the past and present is also the design bases
architectural beauty can be found in crafting things. Build-
of the Viikki church, built with factory-made prefab wooden
ings should get more beautiful over the years.
elements. The Verkatehdas Arts and Conference Centre in
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Hmeenlinna (proclaimed The Finnish Steel Construction
Architecture has to do with the context. Architecture of a sin-
of the Year 2007 and Finnish Glass Construction of the Year
gle building simultaneously creates the larger architectural
2008), is a former 30 000 m textile factory, now converted
context: new fragments of urban fabric or landscape emerge.
into a cultural centre. These projects, and the projects still
Architecture has to do with people. Spatial experience, scale
being studied or being completed, fulfill a desire to innovate,
and function are abstract things. But in buildings, they should
as well as common sense and technical excellence. Such an
be translated into a physical form. Buildings begin their life
architectural approach implies a careful examination of ar-
when somebody walks in.
Photo Mika Huisman
1 / City Library, Seinajoki, Finland (2012)
2 / Finnish Pavilion, Shanghai Expo, China (2010)

Located in the valuable environment of the civic centre
Entirely designed by computer with the environment
created by Alvar Aalto in 1965, this library offers a dialogue
and sustainability taken into consideration, the pavilion
with the old part of the complex. The buildings design
combines creativity, high technology and culture a unity
references the unique characteristics of Aaltos architecture,
that makes for good human life. Its steel-structured huge
however strictly avoiding direct quotations or imitation of
pot surprises with its scaly shell and airy shape. Floating
themes. Another important challenge for the designers was
on water, it is inspired by Finnish landscapes where nature
the changing content of library activities, meeting modern-
is present everywhere. The shiny white marble look is the
day demands with new modes of communication. Dividing
result of an unexpected, innovative and ecological material:
the new building into three sculpture-like sections was an
the 25 000 scale-like shingles are made of injection-
important insight that helped to reconcile its large volume
moulded and 100 % recyclable composite of recycled
with the scale of the civic centre. The dark copper of the
plastic and paper. The ecologically built pavilion showcases
facades stands out from the whiteness of the surrounding
solutions for future urban architecture: solar panels,
Aalto buildings, the contrast helping to detach the new from
plants, recovery and reuse of rainwater, easy assembly
the old. Building maintenance technology was integrated in
and disassembly. A special window construction reduces
architectural solutions, meaning that the vaulted ceilings
temperature by influencing the solar radiation and a planted
and other internal surfaces could be kept free of technical
green roof also helps towards a balanced heating effect.
installations.
The pavilion is an example of how the built environment can
Photo Hanne Granberg
contribute to increasing social capital.
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Photo Cathrin Krumrey
JURY MEMBER
Cathrin Krumrey
SBA Architektur und Stdtebau, Germany

www.sba-int.com
Architecture working for decades with solutions that create additional value is the main
philosophy of this practice: buildings with smart and sustainable technologies, ecological
and livable cities and urban districts.
As a graduate of the famous Bauhaus University Weimar,
city should join one symbiosis for a future sustainable, livable
Cathrin Krumrey committed herself to the Baumeister Tra-
and resilient living.
dition of Walter Gropius and his fellows of artists, architects

and engineers. Interdisciplinary working beyond professional
SBA Architektur und Stdtebau is a leading international ar-
disciplines is her approach. The combination of all artistic
chitectural and urban planning bureau with extensive exper-
acting into one new art to build, as it was teached at the Bau-
tise in the areas of office and commercial buildings, hospitals
haus, is an essential theme in her practical work. Therefore
and buildings for culture, education and research as well as
constructions such as the roof of the Expo-Axis in Shanghai
urban design and urban development.
appear to be rather sculptural than structural and blur the

boundaries between architecture and art as well as architec-
Furthermore the company is part of research projects like
ture and landscape.
Future cities of the Fraunhofer Society and is specialized

in Smart Cities and Sustainable Architecture. The overall
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After her studies, Cathrin Krumrey started in various archi-
approach is the creation of holistic solutions for ambitious
tecture firms in the USA, Germany and Iceland, which provid-
tasks. Various analysis, development and planning phases
ed her an insight into many different tasks, their customers
tasks making necessary various analysis, development and
and particular construction sites. Communication and ho-
planning phases. Individual requirements of customers and
listic understanding become major components in her daily
spaces are brought together by the interdisciplinary team to
work and influence strongly her projects. She joined SBA Ar-
create more value than expected. Working in many different
chitektur und Stdtebau in 2007, becoming the head of the
scales SBA understands understand every project as con-
Stuttgart branch in 2009. Together with an international and
tribution to our environment, which is carefully considered
intercultural team she sets the benchmark for sustainable
and follows our philosophy of sustainable solutions. Several
architecture and city planning in China and integrates results
outstanding projects such as one of the first DGNB Gold pre-
from game-changing research projects into the projects. As
certificated office building in China or the European Energy
a member of several boards such as the expert committee
Award for the Centre of Education and Energy in Donauwrth
for a smart city roadmap of the German Institute for Stan-
have been awarded or honoured by national and international
dardization DIN she believes that art, architecture and the
press and committees.
Photo SBA
1 / Expo-Axis, Shanghai, China (2010)

The mega structure (1.1km long and 80 m wide) with
different urban areas and spaces is the entrance structure/
building of the world exhibition 2010. With the concept of
the open layers, fluent spaces and passages are created,
merging the borders between open space and the interior
and combining the art of nature, landscape, construction
and architecture into one building. The visitors are protected
by one of the worldwide biggest membrane roofs, which
is supported by pylons and six steel-glass funnels with a
height of 35 m and a free cantilever arm of 70 m. Socalled
Sun Valleys, it leads the daylight into the lower floors.
The Expo-Axis is one of five main buildings, which were
reutilized after the event and meanwhile create a new sub
center in the mega city Shanghai.
2 / LHI, Pullach, Germany (2010)

The new and architectural impressive headquarters of the
Photo SBA
LHI in Pullach near Munich divides its cubic capacity for 380
employees into 6 single buildings, which are connected by
a light atrium. This atrium creates an interesting space for
communication and events of all kind. Since the planners
were not allowed to design with height, they decided to sink
the whole building volume and the garden areas one floor
into the ground. Designed with transparent partition walls,
the office spaces get enough daylight even in the middle
zones. The planning and the realization follow the LEED
Standard and also fulfil the requirement of DGNB gold.
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JURY MEMBER
James Wei Ke
Chiasmus Partners, Korea & CHINA

www.ar-chiasmus.com
In an age of indifference, James Wei Ke and his partners believe in the magical ability
of architecture to preserve, transform, and intensify the essential qualities of places
and human experience.
After graduating from Berkeley University in architecture,
James Wei Ke who is also Professor of Architecture in Uni-
James Wei Ke received his Master of Architecture from Co-
versity of Seoul approaches projects as opportunities to un-
lumbia University and then worked in New York on cultural
cover the potential that is within each site and each program.
projects. He is a registered architect in the state of New York
Conflict and resolution are not conceived as cause and ef-
and has taught at Columbia University, New York institute of
fect in a prescriptive manner, but rather as strategic grounds
Technology, Seoul City University and Tongji University. His
upon which architecture of invention and intervention takes
work involves publications, teaching, and multidisciplinary
place. Chiasmus is interested in creating architecture that
studies on the relation between space and human behav-
acts as spatial scaffolding. This concept is implicated in
iour. He is partner and co-founder with the Korean architect
the Shijitan Contemporary Art Center in Beijing. The building
Hyunho Lee of Chiasmus Partners, an international firm
is seen as a matrix of linked and projecting spaces, each at
that was founded in New York City in 2005. Focusing on the
a potential stage. This project enables and encourages the
relation between architecture and civic space, the practice
most imaginative interaction between performance and ex-
now based in Beijing and Seoul the practice is known for its
hibition, performers and audience. Both space and time are
creative design approach and has been involved in a number
the material of this scaffolding. It is a framework and a
of significant cultural, educational and residential projects.
system, it is able to carry program as well as memory, it is
Noteworthy are the completed Red Diamond Theater (2009)
malleable, it is organic, it has potential to grow and change
located among the historic hutongs district of Beijing, an old
over time. We are interested in creating architecture that
ammunition factory complex into a modern dance.
impose less, waste less, he said. So in the long run they

can embody more and be filled with more life.
From Le Petit Mont, a 160 sqm house in South Korea (2013),

which takes in large views of surrounding mountain from
each space to the Kyung Hee Cyber University ACAPeace
(2014), a peculiar renovation project with creativeness that
follows the life-story of the situational condition of the site
and building.
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1 / FORREST QUINTET (2009)
With their design, Chiasmus kept the industrial identity

and successfully negotiated with the client to create an
Situated in the beautiful mountain range of Yanggu,
optimized civic program for the existing and New buildings.
Forests quintet was conceived as a viable alternative
Based on the existing structures along a central axis, It
to urban dwelling where the relationship between each
serves as neighbourhood plaza for the surrounded private
house reflects the relationship between its owners. The
compounds. The result is an untypical solution for Chinese
architectural language and major material are very similar
standards: offices and apartments surrounded by public
between each home. Yet, due to the special terrain each
space instead of a private garden. This allows it to neither
house sits on, and the differences in their living habits of
be a preservation project nor a new architecture, but an
each family, every house is unique.
ensemble of fragments that will not allow any part to
Planning wise, the homes are inspired by the idea of oriental
dominate the other.
pavilions, especially those in Korean gardens, which have

a special way of orientating toward different views, while
in close proximity to each. Always opened to nature, these
houses are not objects inserted in nature, but rather
enclosures that allow nature to pass through. The material
is a type of redwood that resists decay, the exterior of these
homes will last for a long time to come, while turning silvery
grey, due to the natural aging process of the wood. Interiors
are quite simple in material and color palette. During the
design process, each family had many design inputs and
endless conversations. These are their dream homes. We
are so proud that at the end of the process, when they all
moved in, rather than envying their neighbours home, each
family stubbornly insisted on their own home being the best
of the bunch.
2 / CHANGCHUN DIESEL FACTORY (2015)

In many ways the conversion of the old factory site in
Changcun is a typical post-industrial redevelopment that
contemporary functions. These former factories seldom
have a lasting architectural quality, but in a spatial and
dogmatic organization they represent a defining age in
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includes saving some exemplar buildings and adding
China worth keeping.

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Photo courtesy of Sergey Romanov
JURY MEMBER
Sergey Romanov
Designing Bureau Romanov, Russia

www.pbromanov.ru
Professor at the Moscow Architectural Institute, head of Studio 1 Mosproject-4,
founder and head of the Designing Bureau Romanov, Honorable Architect of Russia,
Sergey Romanov is one of the most important architects in Moscow.
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Graduated from the Moscow Architectural Institute in 1978 and
services. In continuation of this scientifically grounded theme
hired to Mosproject-4, Sergey Romanov defended in 1985 his
Romanov designs a lot of facilities in the districts of mass
Ph.D thesis at the Moscow Architectural Institute on the theme
5-12-story housing in Moscow. They form new centers of the
Architectural and Planning Methods of a densification of a
composition, implementing a new urban planning scale, sil-
standard residential Blocks of the Sixties and Seventies. Long
houette, atmosphere of optimism and faith in the future: they
before mass-housing compacting began in Moscow, this thesis
give rise to a new lifestyle. The special quality of these buildings
formulated the program and basic principles of its implemen-
is protection, security and sustainability. The priorities here
tation for the purpose of the housing compacting, and improve-
are openness to nature, use of local eco-friendly materials,
ment of the architectural environment quality. In 1987, Sergey
implementation of green standards, ensuring perfect sani-
Romanov joined the Moscow Architectural Institute where he
tary qualities, reduction of the energy resources use, emission
worked as professor till 1998. During this period he trained
control and waste management, use of secondary resources,
about 300 architects. In 1998, he returned to Mosproject-4 and
ensuring the psychological comfort and protection in the urban
got actively involved in the creation of a new architectural envi-
environment.
ronment of the metropolis, with due regard to the main trends
The Designing Bureau Romanov pays a lot of attention to de-
in the global and Russian architecture. He singled out two main
signing of public buildings in Moscow: multifunctional centers,
trends in the development of the urban planning policy in the
offices and entertainment facilities. The office also developed
city of Moscow of the 21st century. The first one is characteristic
the concepts and design projects of Office Center, Trade and
of the period 1990-2010. A period of high residential housing
Exhibition Center. In the last 3 years, the most relevant and sig-
densities. High-rise buildings and housing density guaranteed
nificant project by Sergey Romanov is the design and construc-
the achievement of high economic and representative priori-
tion of the NTV Television Center in Moscow in cooperation with
ties compliant with the metropolis scale. The second one is a
Niras (Denmark) and Permasteelisa (Italy). While sharing the
characteristic of the current period, a period of reconsideration
philosophy of the Gothic and Renaissance Italian architecture,
of values of the first period. This trend is characterized by the
Romanov believes that modern architectural forms should not
requirements of a sharp reduction in the number of floors and
have direct associations with historical masterpieces. How-
density in peripheral districts, and practically complete ban on
ever, with the help of materials, colors and scale architects
new construction in the centre of Moscow. All high-rise proj-
are able to reflect their best qualities in their own works as
ects of the Designing Bureau go back to the period of super
indisputable values. By way of creating close emotional move-
dense construction. In their design projects, architects were
ment of the spirit, Romanovs studio defines its professional
governed by the following principles that can be called a phi-
approach in its own genre - the genre of philosophy of dynamic
losophy. It includes designing of a comfortable and high-quality
compositional architecture as the architecture of complex and
living environment where residents do not feel the housing
super complex compositions and spaces. This, of course, is the
density and squeeze due to the organization of comfortable liv-
most emotional area requiring from the authors special quali-
ing cells with good views from the windows, parking lots, and
ties, and competence in special technologies.
1 / Complex Piazza Anfiteatro, Moscow (2012)

The volume-spatial structure of the oval (in the plan
view) high-rise residential complex consists of 12
sections of different floors and 6-30-storey sections
located on the stylobate. The oval middle part is a
covered territory of a comfortable semi-enclosed
courtyard. The contrast in the application of facing
materials of the stone outer wall and glass inner
courtyard wall forms an artistic and aesthetic perception
of the internal environment, openness to nature, and
creates the effect of transparency and sustainability.
The building silhouette was designed on the basis of the
module study and analysis of insulation and aeration of
the site and the surrounding buildings.
2 / N TV Television Center
(2016, in cooperation with NIRAS concept)
The architectural image of the building is designed

in the form of an inverted glass prism - a tetrahedral
crystal with spacious facades consisting of structural
elements in the form of pyramid-shaped cells filled
with insulating glass units, triangular shaped sandwich

panels of green shades. This complex facility is
being implemented with the maximum use of new
technologies, materials, structures, electronic and
automatic devices. The facility functional structure
included several units and the 9-story atrium became
the building composition central element.
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Photo Grel Kutlular
JURY MEMBER
Ekin . Turhan
Ercan oban Architects, Turkey

www.ercancobanmimarlik.com
The practice aims to produce functional, aesthetic and environmentally responsible
projects in close interaction with every party involved in the design process by constantly
following the intellectual and technological developments.
Graduated from Gazi University Faculty of Engineering and
received 15 awards in national architectural project compe-
Architecture in 1996 Ekin Turhan got her masters degree
titions. She has published articles and speeches. She also
in METU Faculty of Architecture in 2000 (with her thesis, An
served as jury member of national architectural project com-
Analysis of the Late Twentieth Centurys Isochronal Discours-
petitions and contributed as guest jury member and instructor
es On Architectural Context ; The Aga Khan Award for Archi-
to prominent universities in Turkey.
tecture.)
Ercan oban Architects is a Turkey based well-known, award-
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Since 2008, she continues her works as the partner of Ercan
winning, multi-disciplinary architecture office established in
oban Architects in Ankara. Her architectural approach and
1972 by Ercan oban. The company, from the very first years
design method is based on the understanding of the context
of its incorporation, has specified its fundamental principle as
and recreation of the physical environment as a new enriched
serving for the art of architecture along with all of its partici-
life model, discussing the potential outcomes of the area, the
pants and designed a wide range of projects including office,
present and future human use, needs and behavior.
residential, transportation, public and health-care projects.
Her recent professional works are mainly focused on large
The design, the participation of the specialists and the proj-
scaled housing settlements and urban regeneration. She
ect design processes are held carefully and interactively at the
is also a member of the Turkish Association of Architects in
office, in order to create long-lasting and influential projects
Private Practice. Between 2012-2014 she served as the head
and physical environments. The practice has numerous price
of the TAAPP Ankara Architectural Center, in which she took
awarded projects, including the Ankara Esenboga Internation-
active role during the establishment and carried out profes-
al Airport - which was selected as The Best Airport in Europe
sional international workshops and exhibitions. Ekin Turhan
in 2009 by Airports Council International (ACI).
EC + onz architects
1 / T he Mall Cultural and Commercial Mixed-Use,

Mogadishu, Somalia (Project 2014)

The Mall will be located on a desert-like area on one of
the main axis of the city, which connects the city center
to the airport. Considering the context and the climatic
inputs of the area, the design idea is based on dissolving
the building program to create a cultural and commercial
district out of it, which will influence its surrounding. The
plan organization is based on the composition of different
functions (shopping, culture, recreation, accommodation),
their open spaces-courtyards and the varying relations in
between them.
As the climatic values are available, all the circulation and
the meeting areas are designed to be open spaces. Instead
of acting like a detached closed building, the designed
settlement will support the street life in the whole area.
Moreover, the layout design of the complex, the orientation
of the buildings, and the facade organizations are also
structured and detailed to generate and support the most
of operational efficiency, passenger comfort and access to

natural light.
The architectural design is based on the best simple
structuring of the passenger flow and functioning.
Considering the difference, running and mathematics of
passenger flow, a radial schema is constituted which enlarges
from the domestic to international areas. Entry-exit halls,
control/passport control and related administrative units,
valleys and gates constitute four parallel radial layers of the
building. Despite the heavy program and high passenger
capacity of the building; clear spatial relationship ensures
easy navigation for passengers.
Esenboga International Airport aims to satisfy the evolving
needs of passengers with valley idea. Lying between main
building and gates, interior valley with semi-transparent
roofing enables to control the sunlight penetration and brings
daylight deep into the building. Cafes, offices, bridges and
shared areas, bathed in sunlight throughout the day, create a
pleasant and uplifting atmosphere.
effective use of the natural sources like sun-light, wind

and rain. The parallel positioning of the commercial blocks
provides a wind corridor and supports continuous natural
ventilation and passive cooling. Sunlight control is also
supported with the partial shadings. Covering the west front
of the shopping block, the second facade provides a buffer
zone to prevent the heating of the facade. The green roof is
also used to block the sunlight.
2 / E senboga International Airport, Ankara, Turkey

(2006)
Situated on a 486.00 sqm area including 183.000 sqm terminal
building and 110.000 sqm semi-open parking lot, apron
and environmental arrangements, the airport of the capital
city is designed to be the major airport of the country. The
airport building creates very well adapted spaces in terms
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EC architects / photo by Grel Kutlular
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Photo courtesy of Emilio Ambasz
JURY MEMBER
Emilio Ambasz
Emilio Ambasz & Associates, USA

emilioambaszandassociates.com
Emilio Ambasz distinctive design sensitivity is exemplified in all of his projects through the
complete integration of building and landscape. Over the course of his career, he has always
developed this quest ofThe Green over the Gray or the landscape over the building.
Born in Argentina in 1943, Emilio Ambasz studied at Princeton
signs. TheLucille Halsell Conservatorymakes use of the earth
University and completed the undergraduate program in one
as a container and protector of the plant life, controlling light
year and earned, the next year, a Masters Degree in Architec-
and heat levels while opening the roof to the sky through dra-
ture from the same institution. At 25 he was curator of Design
matic skylights. In thePhoenix History MuseumandMycal Cul-
at the MoMA in New York, where he directed and installed nu-
tural Center, landscape enfolds the building, creating a serene
merous influential exhibits on architecture and industrial de-
garden park above while naturally protecting the interior from
sign, and left the museum in 1976 to pursue an independent
the high temperature and humidity climates. The Torino Envi-
career as an architect, founding Emilio Ambasz & Associates,
ronment Parkprovides its developers with a highly profitable
Inc. The practice offers a full range of design services, includ-
research/industrial park under a verdant landscape for the
ing building design consulting, lighting, landscape, exhibition,
public to enjoy in an urban area much in need of open space. A
graphic and product design. Since its inception, the firm has
680-bed hospital in Venice includes a large winter garden and
created memorable projects with a representative expression
an adjacent ophthalmological center with a stepped green roof.
in form, performance, added value and strong symbolic content. The commissions are characterized by a rigorous atten-
Such projects and many others exemplify Emilio Ambasz
tion to the clients aspirations and needs in conjunction with
original design. By completely integrating the building and the
a sensitive response to the site and local practices. In all its
landscape, the amount of garden space available for public
projects, the firm seeks to reconcile the building with nature.
enjoyment far exceeds that of conventional designs. Natural
This innovative approach to programmatic and emotional
processes are utilized in ways that maximize the efficient use
challenges, coupled with a strict adherence to schedule and
of energy throughout the building while creating enchanting
budgetary constraints, has resulted in unique designs that
opportunities for the enrichment of peoples relationship with
have won its clients national and international awards and
the natural environment. This unique green approach offers
acclaim. He has been the subject of numerous international
great possibilities for such large-scale projects as power sta-
publications as well as museum and art gallery exhibitions,
tions, railroad terminals, large residential and hotel develop-
countless national and international honors, publication of his
ments in fragile environmental areas, commercial buildings
work in international reviews and his monographs and he lec-
in restrictive urban settings and other situations. Emilio Am-
tured at many important American universities.
basz was turning heads with his proposals for buildings, many
of which were rendered like fantasy environments striving for
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Ambasz is sometimes credited as a forerunner of todays sus-
a harmonious integration of building and nature. In each of
tainability movement. After all, he was pioneering green ar-
them, the inventive use of natural processes to achieve func-
chitecture before it was fashionable. Green architects see him
tional and economic performance goals and the experiential
as a spiritual father of the sustainability movement, and any
richness of the natural environment, are meshed into a sin-
designer would envy his acclaimed buildings and product de-
gular design solution.
Photo Enrico Cano
1 / O phthalmological research laboratory Banca

Degli Occhi, Venice-Mestre, Italy (2009)
this commission for successfully achieving a reconciliation

between these two opposing desires: maintaining the size of
the park while providing the city of Fukuoka with a powerful
Following a triangular plan, the building is defined by two
symbolic structure at its center. His design utilizes a series
long trapezoidal walls, sheathed with a bronze patina finish,
of 14 garden terraces stepping up the facade of the building,
that are placed at right angle to each other, but with their
thereby giving back to Fukuokas citizens virtually all of the
projected tips not touching by a few inches, thus evoking
land that the buildings footprint would subtract from the
Michelangelos painting in the Sistine Chapel of Gods
city. It is the most visited city structure.
finger. Its roof is a stepped section plane covered in fragrant

greenery that can be smelled by the eye-deficient patients
on entering. This roof also serves as open-air auditorium as
well as an emergency exit from each floor. On the buildings
third side, the technicians in the laboratories and the
their windows in wide earth covered terraces. This building
is located across the street from the Nuovo Ospedale di
Venezia-Mestre, also designed by Ambasz, recently baptized
as Ospedale dellAngelo (the Angels Hospital), the first
green hospital in Europe.
2 / F ukuoka Prefectural International Hall,

Fukuoka, Japan (1990)

This government office building is situated on the only
available site in the town center: a two hectares garden
park. Ambasz, the winner of a closed competition, won
Photo Hiromi Watanabe Watanabe Studios
patients have a personal view to the plants growing outside
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Photo Katrijn Van Giel
JURY MEMBER
Mauro Poponcini
POLO Architects, BelgiUM

www.polo-architects.be
The POLO Architects architectural approach focuses on a mixing of art, culture,

creativity, skills, techniques, anchored in an open, balanced and confident social vision
of a better world.
In 1991, Mauro Poponcini (1956) joined Patrick Lootens to
Renamed POLO Architects in 2015, the practice today has
found in Antwerp Poponcini & Lootens ir. Architecten. Both
more than 60 people. Taking into account the context, the site
studied architecture at the Faculty of Applied Sciences at the
and the landscapes value, the identity, the sustainability and
Leuven University (1981). A contemporary style house in Ede-
the ecology, the architects seek an inherent logic between
gem is their first joint project, in opposition to the culture of
the program, the construction and the form. This logic gen-
Flemish farmhouses. Over the years, small-scale projects,
erates a dialogue with the environment. Architecture is even
mostly single family homes, give way for increasingly impor-
more difficult to apprehend in an integral formula. This disci-
tant projects, among others Telenet extension site in Mechel-
pline is firmly integrated into an increasingly complex mixing
en over an area of 16,000 m2, the new headquarters of Inbev
cultural and ethical values, technical and economic condi-
in Leuven, the KUL Science Park in Leuven, showing much
tions and social processes.
respect to the natural environment, the Bavire site in Lige

with its diverse public spaces and ambitious architecture, the
POLO Architects is closely involved in the planning approach
Bruul retail building in Mechelen integrating a black box, the
and social responsibility. Respect for the environment has
campus Artesis Plantijn University College in the Eilandje
become, in recent years, the basis of the project develop-
area (Antwerp), the office towers near the Gent-Sint-Pieters
ment. We make sure that sustainable development is not an
station or the new housing concept Cadiz in Antwerp.
empty shell, by demonstrating a realistic approach, pragmatism and merits in defining the ridge lines of each project.
The variety of experiences is an enrichment for the next proj-
Sustainable development is not however limited to the tech-
ect. Started with a different approach, any project seeks for
nical side. Indeed, social and cultural sustainability joined
a balance in the tension zone, halfway between identity and
the soft values that also characterize the architecture. The
flexibility. An in-depth sites analysis allows it to integrate in
architecture transcends the banality in its living and serves
a sustainable and functional way to its environment. The lim-
the people. Furthemore, the architecture is primarely a so-
its are reviewed and the search for the correct interpretation
cial vector, usually in its modesty, but also sometimes in its
begins with a collaborative approach and dialogue with the
presence, at the same time sublime and obvious.
project owner and the authorities.
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Photo Sarah Blee
1 / O ffice Tower for the Flemish Government

Administration, Ghent Saint-Peter
(Prize-winning design)
design resolutely opts for a central green patio to which

Called Virginie Loveling, by the name of the renowned
and the connotation of the word campus with openness
the common principal functions are opened up by a glazed

walk-around. The archetype of the school is not far away
Ghent Writer (1836-1923), the new 40000 m2 office complex
and greenery is thus preserved. Meanwhile, sustainability
consists of two parts: a lower L-shaped building housing
is much more than just technology and construction
many public services and an office tower building. The
techniques: an extremely low K and E level, sustainable
whole complex is like an elegant lady who embraces
materials, an optimised technical installation and reduced
her surroundings. The design carefully focusses on the
maintenance are key elements in the design. The buildings
buildings accessibility of the amidst a complex railway
future value lies not only in advanced performance, which it
station transferium. For the faades the architects have
aims to set as an example, but also by the attention it pays
choosen bricks as a rough mineral material and also
to flexibility and change.
architectonic concrete and glass as slick materials. The

excellent energy performance is based on the architectural
concept, which logically put on a tight construction and
maximum insulation, including triple glazing and a
cogeneration system.
2 / C ampus Artesis Plantijn University College,

Antwerp (2015)
Prize-winning design in collaboration
with Jaspers-Eyers Architects
building, a rectangular building and an extended part in
the low-rise Noorderlaan. The design aims to reconcile
the iconic shape from the wider context with an articulated
transparency at ground level. Flexible to adapt the virtually
endless series of classrooms to changing needs, the
Photo Toon Grobet
The whole project is characterized by a trapezoidal main
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Photo Alice Clancy
JURY MEMBERS
Yvonne Farrell & Shelley McNamara

Grafton Architects, Ireland
www.graftonarchitects.ie
Co-founders of Grafton Architects, Yvonne Farrell & Shelley McNamara are working with
the real, making the imagined. The practice is dedicated to urbanity, with a belief in city.
Having graduated from University College Dublin in 1974,
Furthermore, Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara are joint
Yvonne Farrell & Shelley McNamara co-founded Grafton Ar-
winners of the Jane Drew Award 2015.
chitects in 1978 and are directors of the office. Grafton Archi-
Grafton Architects were invited to show in the Italian Pavilion,
tects are fellows of the RIAI, International Honorary Fellows
as part of the Venice Biennale Next in 2002, exhibited in the
of the RIBA and elected members of Aosdna, the eminent
Irish group exhibition, The Lives of Spaces, at the Venice Bien-
Irish Art organization. Both architects were teachers at the
nale 2010 and won the Silver Lion Award at the Venice Bien-
School of Architecture at University College Dublin from 1976
nale Common Ground exhibition 2012.
to 2002 and appointed as adjutant Professors at UCD in 2015,

after they have been visiting professors at EPFL, Lausanne
Current projects include the recently completed New Campus
2010 2011, at Accademia di Archittettura, Mendrisio, 2008-
UTEC University in Lima, Per, The School of Economics for
2010, where they were appointed as full professors in 2013.
the University of Toulouse 1 Capitol under construction, In-
They held the Kenzo Tange chair at GSD Harvard in 2010 and
stitut Mines Telecom University Building, Paris Saclay, Town
the Louis Kahn chair at Yale in the Fall of 2011.
House Building, Kingston University London, and Dublin City

Library Parnell Square won in 2014, all won by international
The practice has been shortlisted for a number of interna-
competition. Grafton Architects were one of six practices cho-
tional competitions including the New Mackintosh School of
sen by the Royal Academy London to exhibit in the Sensing
Art, Glasgow, 2009, The London School of Economics 2013,
Spaces Exhibition 2014.
and the new headquarters for the Electricity Supply Board in
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Dublin in 2010, which they won with OMP architects. Grafton
Dublin is our city, where we have grown as architects. We
Architects were winners of the World Building of the Year
have been working - stitching and repairing - this city a city
Award in 2008 for the Bocconi University project in Milan. The
of streets, squares and laneways. We are deeply interested
Bocconi project was one of the five finalists for the Mies Van
in the Life of the city. We are concerned with making Place
Der Rohe Prize 2009 and in the Building for Brussels Exhibi-
reading the map.mapping the reading. In each city, we ex-
tion 2010. The Department of Finance building in Dublins his-
plore issues of grain, place, culture and language. Listening
toric centre won the British Civic Trust award in 2009 together
to one city helps us to hear another. Feeling the culture of
with the AAI Special Award 2009. The recently completed
one, helps us absorb another. Walking in one helps us un-
Medical School and Student Accommodation, at the Univer-
derstand the scale of another. Building in one helps us build
sity of Limerick, was shortlisted for the Stirling Prize 2013.
in another.
Photo Federico Brunetti
project is the social potential of the in-between spaces. It

is an open ended way of working which we call a noncompositional approach to making space. This makes for
a dynamic three-dimensional spatial weave engendering
a sense of community, and generating a place conducive
to social and intellectual exchange. The project focused on
the life of the building as well as the form of the building.
Placing the main public space (the Aula Magna) at the
intersection of the two main streets also capitalises on the
potential for public or semi-public events to be staged in
the building.
2 / U niversity Campus UTEC Lima, Peru (2012)

This new university campus is the first Grafton Architects
Photo Ray Ryan
project in South America. Conceived as a man-made cliff, an

inhabited infrastructure, with a series of cascading gardens,
While the north face acts as a cliff or shoulder to the outer
the University seeks to establish a relationship with the life

of the city, with the surrounding urban territory and with
the bigger landscape of cliffs, sea and mountains beyond.
world - the fast-moving city - the south faces cascade as a
1 / U niversit Luigi Bocconi

School of Economics, Milan, Italy (2008)
In the Bocconi University Building in Milan, with its
series of gardens, reflecting a different sense of time. From

ground to the loggia at the highest level, landscape is woven
onto, into and through the building. While predominately
the gardens are to the south, they are pulled through and
large-scale structure and public and private spaces, we
visible from the north cliff face. Awareness is heightened of
value the University as one of the few truly public spaces
the manmade and the organic. Sunlight is threaded through
in contemporary society. While the brief required two
the section. The intention is to use the Free Section to allow
independent worlds, one for private research and one for
the culture of Lima to permeate the new imagined campus;
public conference, we made an interstitial world which
to encourage Life to happen in the new territory made; to
visually connects both of these worlds with each other and
create a new geography; new platforms for students to be
with the city and the campus. The discovery for us in this
aware of their unique place on this planet.

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THE REGULATIONS
2015-2017
1. Criteria of Eligibility and Restrictions

Eligibility:
The competition is open to students in architecture worldwide. There is no age limit. The projects may be carried out
individually or in groups, with no restriction on the number of members of the team. It is possible to present a project
made by a team but you have to mention the team leader since in case of prize award, he/she will be the one invited for the
traineeship or award.
Students can each present up to 5 projects.
Students can present projects as long as they are students and/or that the graduation year is planned for 2016 or 2017. Not
complying to this statement may result in cancellation of the prize.
Restrictions:
The following will not be eligible to take part in the competition:
- Any individual or organization related to the promoting organization, such as members of the advisory committee or
sponsored researchers, and anyone professionally associated with the promoter;
- Members of the competition jury and organizing staff, or any person to whom a member of the jury acts as director,
supervisor or adviser;
- Any person directly or indirectly involved in the summary of the competition.
2. Free Registration
No fee or other payment will be required for entering projects.
3. Topic: Responsible Future Architecture

Responsible architecture will take into consideration parameters such as :
- Respect of the natural environment
- Integration of the new construction in the built environment taking into consideration cultural and social contexts
- Priority given to the use of local materials and know-how
- Eco-efficiency parameters for the reduction of energy consumption and ideal thermal performance.
- Vision and programming about re-use, renovation and recycling
All projects, ideas and concepts will be accepted if in accordance with the contest topic.
4. Language
The proposals can be presented in any language but a short description (max 1000 words) in English is mandatory.
5. Awards and prizes

Traineeship:
12 traineeships will be offered by the Archi-World Academy Awards.
Each member of the jury will independently select its favorite project. The student related to that project will be invited
to join the architects team for a traineeship period of 4 to max 6 months. The traineeship period will be agreed between
the architecture practice and the student. The student will receive the same fee as the one usually granted by the local
architecture practice.
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Remarks:
A. Student winners will have 2 months from announcement to notify that they are accepting the traineeship. Should
the student decline this opportunity, ArchiWorld reserves the right to transfer the traineeship to the second rated
student. No alternative traineeship or any type of compensation will be granted.

B. Should the practice where the student won the traineeship be unable for any reason to grant the traineeship on due
time, ArchiWorld commits to put immediately another equivalent traineeship at students disposal.
Visibility:
All the winners will benefit from a huge visibility: they will have his/her winning project presented on Awacademy website
(www.awacademy.org) and also a full presentation in Archi-Europes monthly digital newsletter Archi-News, sent to over
125.000 architects who will have the opportunity to discover the winning projects and personal skills of the students! The
concepts/projects will also be published in our Archi-News printed magazine.
All the winners will be invited to Munich, during the BAU construction fair, on the 18th of January 2017 for the awarding
ceremony in order to collect the diploma and present the winning project.
5. Documents and Graphic Materials Required

All projects, ideas and concepts will be accepted if in accordance with the contest topic.
Written Description (one A4 detailed technical description + optional one A4 motivation brief)
Define a list of key concepts for the construction of the habitat of the XXI century. Exemplify your ideas by designing a
specific building or city, or proposing changes for an existing building or city.
An example/template can be downloaded on www.awacademy.org
Graphic description (three (3) DIN A-3 panels)
Site plans, floor plans, elevations, sections, perspective drawings, photographs of physical or digital models and
axonometric drawings at any scale and descriptive texts explaining the project are allowed.
A short description (max 1000 words) in English is mandatory.
An example/template can be downloaded on www.awacademy.org
All proposals, without exception, have to be uploaded through the submission page: www.projectsubmission.org
6. The Jury
The jury is composed of 12 worldwide renowned architects:
Rudy Ricciotti, Sergey Romanov, Wolf D. Prix, Francesco Isidori, Guz Wilkinson, Cathrin Krumrey, James Wei Ke,
Ekin . Turhan, Emilio Ambasz, Mauro Poponcini, Shelley Mc Namara, Teemu Kurkela.
7. Submission of Proposals
Projects can be submitted from Monday 14 September 2015 until Friday 30 September 2016.
8. Announcement of the winners

Winners will be personally contacted after jurys deliberation (November 2016).
9. Awarding ceremony
The awarding ceremony will take place on 18 January 2017 at BAU 2017 Exhibition (Munich, Germany 2017)
in the presence of the members of the jury. Every participant will receive a free entry ticket for the Archi-World Awarding
Ceremony.
10. Complaints
All enquiries or complaint must be sent to the following address: awa@awacademy.org
Jurys decisions are unquestionable.
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Archi-World Academy Awards

Edition I Review
in collaboration with
Energy saving projects and ideas for the future of architecture and urbanism
From left to right :

The moderator, Mario Cucinella, Christoph Ingenhoven, Andrey Bokov, Daniel Libeskind, Juhani Pallasmaa (president of the jury) and Jean-Michel Jaspers.
Organized by Archi-World in cooperation with
Winner 2011/2013
Messe Mnchen, the Archi-World Academy

Award is a two years lasting competition inviting
young architects and architects of tomorrow to
submit energy-saving projects and concepts
for the future of architecture and urban design.
No other architecture contest on such wide
scale has ever been organized before. Twelve
top architects from around the world - Zaha
Hadid, Francine Houben, Franoise-Hlne
Jourda, Andrey Bokov, Mario Cucinella, Bjarke
been announced at the awarding ceremony that
Ingels, Christoph Ingenhoven, Bijoy Jain, Jean-
took place in Munich on 16 January 2013 during
Michel Jaspers, Kengo Kuma, Daniel Libeskind
the BAU exhibition fair. Juhani Pallasmaa was
and Ma Yansong accepted to be members
the President of this competition. Professor
of the jury offering to the twelve students the
of Architecture at Helsinki University of
unique opportunity to perform a traineeship
Technology and himself a leading figure in the
in their prestigious practices. 1.274 students
sector, he took part in this exclusive panel of
projects have been presented for this first
VIP colleagues from around the world.
edition (2011/2013) which is a very promising

result for the next editions. The winners have
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the winners are

Diana Vatinyan (Russia)
selected by Studio
Daniel Libeskind
with the project
Ecofriendly resort
in Armenia
1
Andrey Shilov(Russia)
selected by Andrey Bokov / GUP MNIIP
Mosproject-4 with the project Eco module
2
Juan Jos Snchez Martnez(Spain)

selected by Mario Cucinella Architects with
the project Flesh_ tanbul
3
Boris Lvovsky(Russia)
selected by Ma Yansong / MAD architects with the
project Reconstruction of the Red Banner factory
4
Hugon Kowalski(Poland)
selected by Ingenhoven Architects
with the project Watertower for Sudan
5
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Guillaume Harache(Belgium)
selected by Bjarke Ingels Group
with the project Urban Village
6
7 Ovidiu Mihutescu
(Romania)
selected by Zaha Hadid
Architects with the
project Interactive
Natural Light Source
The Phuong Doan(Vietnam)

selected by Jourda Architectes
and Kengo Kuma and Associates
with the project Season
of migratory birds
8
9 Roxane Monthiers(France)
selected by Mecanoo Architecten with the project

La Grance Place des Mousquetaires
Matija Djedovic(Serbia)
selected by Jean-Michel Jaspers /
Jaspers-Eyers Architects with the project
Tennis complex Varna
10
Maria Kataryan(Russia)
selected by Bijoy Jain / Studio
Mumbai Architects with the
project Motherland2
11
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Archi-World Academy Awards

Edition II Review
in collaboration with
Architecture for Tomorrow

The second edition of the Archi-World Academy
awards has once again rewarded excellence
and encouraged young talents by enabling
twelve students to undertake an exceptional
training course in an important internationally
renowned architecture office.
To work as a trainee in a big experienced architecture office, known for the quality of its realizations and services, is a famous springboard
for the future. This is the opportunity, which
was given, on January 21st 2015, to the twelve
laureates during the ceremony organized at
the BAU Fair in Munich. More than 1400 architecture students, coming from all parts of the
world, have participated during 2013 and 2014
to this unusual competition.
The objective being to detect future architecture
talents, the competition organized by Jacques
Allard in close cooperation with Dr. Reinhard
Pfeiffer, CEO of BAU Mnchen International
could be completed successfully thanks to
the support of the Jurys president Juhani
Pallasmaa and also the enthusiast adhesion
of the jury members, all renowned architects
who have examined with great attention all the
projects submitted: Mario Cucinella (Italy), Paul
de Ruiter (The Netherlands), Thomas Herzog
(Germany), Philippe Samyn (Belgium), Juan
Manuel Herranz (Spain), Madhav Raman (India),
Ibrahim Jaidah (Qatar), Yves Besanon Prats
(Chile), Roger Duffy (USA), Fernando Romero
(Mexico), Peter Stutchbury (Australia), and
Andrey Asadov (Russia).
Questioned by the architect Ronald Kern, the
jury members present at the round table spoke
to the winners and to the important number of

participants to the event. They recalled their
first years of activity, very different for each
one, and on the basis of these first experiences
how their career progressed, through different
flagship projects. Now it is time for these twelve
students or freshly graduated architects to show
their ability to develop their ideas and values
and try to realize big architectural projects.
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the winners are

1 Bartolom Gmez Cordero
(Spain)
Training course laureate
at SOM, USA
Project: A shadow in Fez
Central Library of the
Maghreb, Fez, Morocco
Carolina Travaglio(Venezuela)
Training course laureate at Paul de Ruiter Architects,
The Netherlands
Project: Cultural Bridge for the City
El vila National Park, Caracas, Venezuela
2
Viktoriia Kuripka (Ukraine)

Training course laureate at Virai
Arquitectos, Spain
Project: Cohousing as the zone of influence
on a depressive territory
3
5 Wallison
Caetano
(Brazil)
Training course
laureate at
Mario Cucinella
Architects, Italy
Project:
Vertical Farm
of Paulista
Avenue
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Ksenia Kirpikova(Russia)
Training course laureate at Arab Engineering Bureau, Qatar
Project: Recreational center Island Baran
4
6 Cataldo
Ancona
(Italy)
Training course
laureate at
Thomas Herzog
Architekten,
Germany
Project:
Student
residences
Lyon, France
7 Christian
Salandanan
(Philippines)
Training course
laureate at Anagram
Architects, India
Project: Casa
Kawayan / Bamboo
Research and
Development Complex
8 Boyana Stoeva
(Russia)

Training course
laureate at Peter
Stutchburys office,
Australia
Project: Spiritus
Urbana
Joyce Stijnen(Belgium)
Training course laureate at Samyn
and Partners, Belgium
Project: From archetype to prototype,
The Philippine bahay kubo concept revisited
9
Osman Smer(Turkey)
Training course laureate at Alemparte Barreda Wedeles Besancon
Arquitectos y Asociados, Chile
Project: Living Bridge
10
Kutay Biberolu(Turkey)
Training course laureate at
FR-EE, Mexico
Project: Necroturris
12
Ivan Matveev(Russia)
Training course laureate at Asadov
Architectural Studio, Russia
Project: Performing arts center Taganskaya
square
11
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Mood creation with light & ceiling

Professor Juhani Pallasmaa,

Nowadays he runs his own practice in Helsinki without lea-

dous influence worldwide. Generous and full of energy, per-

ving his other fields of activity and considers architecture

manently travelling around the world, he has an impact on

as an existential expression; buildings structure, express,

generations of architects through his teaching. His research

and articulate our being-in-the-world. He used to say: My

spans at the same time cultural, philosophical and theoreti-

cal fields. In his lectures and writings Juhani Pallasmaa has

grounded on a view of distinct archaic meanings and men-

had a fundamental, revolutionary effect on attitudes; just no

tal impressions of form. Forms are gestures: when drawing

one was left indifferent. Since its publication in 1996, Juhani

horizontal lines, I imitate the superimposed horizontal zones

Pallasmaas passionately argued book The Eyes of the Skin

of the Finnish landscape; when designing a column, I repeat

has become one of the most widely recommended student

the image of an upright human figure. When drawing a circle,

texts. As an attack against the present architectural dis-

I feel that I am making a gesture of integrity and singula-

course, this book denounced the hegemony of the eye in our

rity. Abstraction always implies a condensed and ambiguous

society and tries to reformulate the richness and the beauty

image of the world, or more precisely, a union between the

of the worlds human perception.

world and oneself. I am more interested in the essence of

When Juhani Pallasmaa began his career, he defended ratio-

leads to a state of meditation, whereas an architecture of

nal thinking, emphasizing the importance of knowledge and

form aims at captivating and dynamic compositions. () I

technology. Later, he developed a more sensitive and more

would like to call my architectural approach sensuous mini-

humanistic approach. His early experiences of simple farm

malism. As an architect, I wish to strengthen the silence of

life are reflected in his work as an architect. I am even today

unable to acknowledge boundaries between architecture

spheres of life and work. I learned that everything should be

Architecture is a somewhat more genuine area of autono-

mous creativity because in writing you organize conceptual

ones attitude to life. Work is an essential part of the art of life

and linguistic categories, he said. The role of logic in writing

and ones self-identity and esteem. When he was managing

is already more strongly established than in making archi-

director of the Museum of Finnish Architecture in Helsinki

tecture. As an architect, you can move on untouched ground

from 1978 to 1983, Juhani Pallasmaa gave an international

dimension to its activities exhibiting the works of such archi-

both architecture and writing deal with existential issues.

tects as Tadao Ando, Alvaro Siza and Daniel Libeskind, who

Picture: Ren Riller, Architect: Stifter + Bachmann, Pfalzen, Italy

We believe things should be built to last

Jacques Allard (Belgium)

Portrait of Yvonne Farrell & Shelley McNamara (Ireland)